Shloka 303
उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy
Opening
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा सर्वमेतत् समाचर । मेरे इस वचनमें संदेह करनेपर तुम्हारे धर्मका लोप होगा। भरतकुलभूषण। तुम कौरवोंके प्रख्यात कुलमें उत्पन्न हुए हो; अतः मन, वाणी और क्रियाद्वारा इन सब बातोंका पालन करो
karmāṇā manasā vācā sarvam etat samācara | mama etad vacane saṁdehaṁ kṛtvā tava dharmasya lopo bhaviṣyati | bharatakula-bhūṣaṇa | tvaṁ kauravāṇāṁ prakhyāte kule jātaḥ; ataḥ manaḥ-vāk-kriyābhiḥ etāḥ sarvāḥ kathāḥ pālaya ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Practice all this through deed, thought, and speech. If you cast doubt upon my words, your dharma will be diminished. O ornament of the Bharata line, you are born in the renowned Kaurava clan; therefore uphold all these instructions with mind, voice, and action.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma must be upheld integrally—through thought, speech, and action. Doubting sound instruction and failing to embody it consistently leads to the weakening of one’s righteous path.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana delivers a direct admonition to a Kaurava-descended listener, urging faithful observance of the given counsel and warning that skepticism toward the guidance will result in a decline of dharma.